Legal
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Legal over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 88 126
Rank change year-on-year +31 +38 +25
Permanent jobs citing Legal 4,136 3,539 5,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.87% 3.77% 3.11%
As % of the General category 6.68% 5.57% 4.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,829 1,492 2,053
10th Percentile £27,700 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%

All General Skills
UK

Legal is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 61,904 63,539 111,642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 57.86% 67.69% 65.23%
Number of salaries quoted 40,516 35,387 52,387
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,725 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the UK

Legal
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legal.

Salary trend for Legal in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Legal in the UK

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Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the UK over the 6 months to 6 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +14 3,214 £50,000 -9.09% 1,567
UK excluding London +26 2,940 £45,000 -10.00% 1,029
Work from Home +6 1,193 £55,000 - 615
London +23 1,055 £65,000 - 609
Scotland +61 757 £55,000 +2.40% 63
North of England +77 703 £45,000 -5.26% 293
South East -31 553 £37,500 -28.57% 241
Midlands +34 461 £48,250 -8.10% 161
North West +88 405 £45,000 -7.22% 182
West Midlands +14 295 £50,000 -4.76% 98
South West -19 244 £46,250 -2.63% 163
Yorkshire +47 214 £34,000 -24.44% 82
East of England -42 174 £50,000 -13.04% 109
East Midlands +67 166 £45,000 +38.46% 62
North East +38 84 £55,000 -8.33% 33
Wales +14 29 £50,000 +17.65% 42
Northern Ireland +30 17 £30,000 -45.45% 13
Channel Islands - 5 - - 2

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 266 (6.43%) Apache Spark
2 192 (4.64%) SharePoint
3 107 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 99 (2.39%) Apache
5 84 (2.03%) SAS
6 47 (1.14%) FileNet
7 42 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
8 35 (0.85%) CMS
9 17 (0.41%) Camunda
10 12 (0.29%) IIS
11 10 (0.24%) Confluence
12 8 (0.19%) WordPress
13 6 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
14 5 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
14 5 (0.12%) Tomcat
14 5 (0.12%) WebSphere
15 4 (0.097%) Apache Pulsar
15 4 (0.097%) Office Communications Server
16 2 (0.048%) BizTalk Server
16 2 (0.048%) Drupal
Applications
1 430 (10.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 413 (9.99%) Microsoft Office
3 138 (3.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 76 (1.84%) AutoCAD
5 26 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
5 26 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 23 (0.56%) Revit
7 17 (0.41%) SPSS
8 16 (0.39%) MS Visio
9 15 (0.36%) Simulink
10 7 (0.17%) Chatbot
10 7 (0.17%) Stateflow
11 5 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
12 3 (0.073%) ProjectWise
13 2 (0.048%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 2 (0.048%) FileZilla
14 1 (0.024%) Acrobat
14 1 (0.024%) Camtasia
14 1 (0.024%) Sketch
14 1 (0.024%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 36 (0.87%) Elite 3E
2 33 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.46%) NEC Housing
4 12 (0.29%) Relativity
4 12 (0.29%) Ripple
4 12 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 11 (0.27%) iTrent
5 11 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
5 11 (0.27%) ResourceLink
6 10 (0.24%) Infor SunSystems
7 9 (0.22%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 9 (0.22%) SAP HR
7 9 (0.22%) SAP Payroll
8 8 (0.19%) NetSuite
9 7 (0.17%) BPCS
10 6 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
10 6 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
10 6 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
11 5 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 489 (11.82%) AWS
2 466 (11.27%) Azure
3 278 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
4 230 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 139 (3.36%) Entra ID
6 128 (3.09%) SaaS
7 117 (2.83%) GCP
8 61 (1.47%) Amazon EKS
8 61 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
9 59 (1.43%) Serverless
10 53 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
11 51 (1.23%) Amazon S3
11 51 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
12 49 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
12 49 (1.18%) Amazon ECS
12 49 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
12 49 (1.18%) PowerApps
13 48 (1.16%) Amazon EMR
13 48 (1.16%) Amazon SQS
14 47 (1.14%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 113 (2.73%) Firewall
2 54 (1.31%) Internet
3 48 (1.16%) WAN
4 45 (1.09%) LAN
4 45 (1.09%) Wireless
5 32 (0.77%) SAN
6 30 (0.73%) Intranet
7 27 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
7 27 (0.65%) TCP/IP
8 26 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
9 25 (0.60%) DHCP
9 25 (0.60%) DNS
10 22 (0.53%) VPN
11 18 (0.44%) VoIP
12 14 (0.34%) Network Security
13 13 (0.31%) SNMP
14 11 (0.27%) WebEx
15 10 (0.24%) IPsec
15 10 (0.24%) SSL
15 10 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 324 (7.83%) NoSQL
2 240 (5.80%) Big Data
3 203 (4.91%) Hadoop
4 186 (4.50%) Power BI
5 135 (3.26%) SQL Server
6 99 (2.39%) Apache Hive
7 80 (1.93%) HBase
8 72 (1.74%) Relational Database
9 69 (1.67%) Data Lake
10 59 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
11 50 (1.21%) Electronic Patient Records
12 49 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
13 47 (1.14%) Apache Cassandra
14 39 (0.94%) Qlik Sense
14 39 (0.94%) Tableau
15 36 (0.87%) MySQL
16 33 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 27 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
18 21 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
18 21 (0.51%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 131 (3.17%) Git
2 122 (2.95%) Jenkins
3 104 (2.51%) JIRA
4 69 (1.67%) JUnit
5 67 (1.62%) Bitbucket Server
6 28 (0.68%) CircleCI
7 27 (0.65%) Mockito
8 26 (0.63%) Jasmine
9 19 (0.46%) Visual Studio
10 17 (0.41%) Gradle
10 17 (0.41%) Maven
10 17 (0.41%) Travis CI
11 12 (0.29%) GitLab
12 9 (0.22%) Bitbucket
12 9 (0.22%) TeamCity
13 8 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
14 7 (0.17%) Eclipse
15 6 (0.15%) Cypress.io
16 5 (0.12%) Selenium
16 5 (0.12%) WebDriver
General
1 2,033 (49.15%) Finance
2 1,294 (31.29%) Social Skills
3 1,275 (30.83%) Law
4 1,153 (27.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 552 (13.35%) Analytical Skills
6 377 (9.12%) Banking
7 354 (8.56%) Retail
8 291 (7.04%) Marketing
9 137 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
10 126 (3.05%) Manufacturing
11 108 (2.61%) Public Sector
12 97 (2.35%) Local Government
13 96 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
14 78 (1.89%) Telecoms
15 70 (1.69%) Publishing
16 50 (1.21%) Investment Banking
16 50 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
17 48 (1.16%) Financial Institution
17 48 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
18 46 (1.11%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 776 (18.76%) Analyst
2 733 (17.72%) Software Engineer
3 577 (13.95%) Senior
4 261 (6.31%) Java Engineer
4 261 (6.31%) Java Software Engineer
5 255 (6.17%) Lead
6 238 (5.75%) Developer
7 212 (5.13%) Big Data Engineer
7 212 (5.13%) Big Data Software Engineer
8 209 (5.05%) Data Engineer
8 209 (5.05%) Senior Analyst
9 201 (4.86%) AWS Engineer
10 200 (4.84%) AWS Software Engineer
11 157 (3.80%) Project Manager
12 146 (3.53%) Full Stack Engineer
13 135 (3.26%) Full Stack Software Engineer
14 122 (2.95%) Python Engineer
15 118 (2.85%) Python Software Engineer
16 112 (2.71%) Architect
16 112 (2.71%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (4.69%) Spring
2 169 (4.09%) React
3 151 (3.65%) HTML
4 128 (3.09%) AngularJS
5 125 (3.02%) .NET
6 123 (2.97%) Kafka
7 112 (2.71%) CSS
8 108 (2.61%) J2EE
9 99 (2.39%) Node.js
10 85 (2.06%) JSON
10 85 (2.06%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 82 (1.98%) PySpark
11 82 (1.98%) XML
12 77 (1.86%) JMS
13 66 (1.60%) Hibernate
14 64 (1.55%) Spring Boot
14 64 (1.55%) Web Services
15 50 (1.21%) GraphQL
16 47 (1.14%) Spring Integration
17 45 (1.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 541 (13.08%) Algorithms
2 336 (8.12%) Management Information System
3 263 (6.36%) Onboarding
4 156 (3.77%) Cloud Native
5 124 (3.00%) Driving Licence
6 103 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
7 82 (1.98%) Data Structures
8 80 (1.93%) Product Ownership
9 74 (1.79%) Credit Risk
10 70 (1.69%) Housing Association
11 62 (1.50%) Data Centre
12 59 (1.43%) Public Cloud
13 53 (1.28%) Security Posture
14 40 (0.97%) Legacy Code
15 38 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
16 31 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
16 31 (0.75%) Life Science
16 31 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
17 29 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
17 29 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 254 (6.14%) Windows
2 108 (2.61%) Unix
3 102 (2.47%) Windows 10
4 82 (1.98%) Windows Server
5 79 (1.91%) Linux
6 54 (1.31%) Android
7 49 (1.18%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (0.19%) VMS
9 8 (0.19%) Windows 8
10 6 (0.15%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.073%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.073%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.073%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.048%) AIX
12 2 (0.048%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.024%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.024%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,346 (32.54%) Agile
2 1,051 (25.41%) Risk Management
3 834 (20.16%) Continuous Improvement
4 800 (19.34%) Software Engineering
5 727 (17.58%) CI/CD
6 713 (17.24%) SDLC
7 706 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
8 598 (14.46%) Artificial Intelligence
9 560 (13.54%) Visualisation
10 521 (12.60%) Machine Learning
11 510 (12.33%) Operational Stability
12 485 (11.73%) Decision-Making
13 408 (9.86%) Community of Practice
14 399 (9.65%) Coaching
15 383 (9.26%) Project Management
16 336 (8.12%) Information Security
17 315 (7.62%) Customer Service
18 306 (7.40%) Process Improvement
19 302 (7.30%) Cybersecurity
19 302 (7.30%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 781 (18.88%) SQL
2 551 (13.32%) Java
3 520 (12.57%) Python
4 162 (3.92%) JavaScript
5 121 (2.93%) C#
6 120 (2.90%) Scala
7 101 (2.44%) TypeScript
8 97 (2.35%) PL/SQL
9 94 (2.27%) PowerShell
10 43 (1.04%) Go
11 41 (0.99%) T-SQL
12 39 (0.94%) Ruby
13 36 (0.87%) C
14 29 (0.70%) C++
15 26 (0.63%) Kotlin
16 20 (0.48%) PHP
17 19 (0.46%) MATLAB
17 19 (0.46%) VB.NET
18 17 (0.41%) RPG
19 14 (0.34%) R
Qualifications
1 790 (19.10%) Degree
2 115 (2.78%) HNC
3 96 (2.32%) Master's Degree
4 88 (2.13%) CISSP
5 78 (1.89%) HND
6 76 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 62 (1.50%) Security Cleared
8 60 (1.45%) DBS Check
9 45 (1.09%) APMG
10 44 (1.06%) CISM
11 38 (0.92%) CISA
11 38 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
12 36 (0.87%) ACCA
13 26 (0.63%) SC Cleared
14 22 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
14 22 (0.53%) MBA
15 20 (0.48%) MRICS
16 19 (0.46%) Azure Certification
16 19 (0.46%) GIAC
16 19 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 309 (7.47%) GDPR
2 270 (6.53%) QA
3 163 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 116 (2.80%) Data Quality
5 72 (1.74%) SLA
6 67 (1.62%) NIST
7 53 (1.28%) IFRS
8 41 (0.99%) PMO
9 40 (0.97%) Accessibility
9 40 (0.97%) IFRS 9
10 39 (0.94%) GRC
11 35 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
12 32 (0.77%) ISO 9001
13 28 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 26 (0.63%) NEBOSH
15 23 (0.56%) ISO 22301
16 21 (0.51%) PCI DSS
17 13 (0.31%) ISO 14001
18 12 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 12 (0.29%) GAAP
System Software
1 226 (5.46%) Active Directory
2 80 (1.93%) HDFS
3 56 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 50 (1.21%) RACF
5 49 (1.18%) Hyper-V
6 32 (0.77%) Docker
7 28 (0.68%) Firmware
8 19 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
9 12 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
9 12 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.19%) Terminal Services
11 6 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (0.12%) XenApp
13 4 (0.097%) vSphere
14 3 (0.073%) Virtual Machines
14 3 (0.073%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.048%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 2 (0.048%) pfSense
16 1 (0.024%) LXC
16 1 (0.024%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 158 (3.82%) Kubernetes
2 98 (2.37%) Terraform
3 39 (0.94%) SCCM
4 30 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (0.65%) SCOM
6 23 (0.56%) Ansible
7 16 (0.39%) Functional Safety
8 11 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.17%) vCenter Server
10 6 (0.15%) QRadar
11 5 (0.12%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.12%) Grafana
11 5 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
11 5 (0.12%) vRealize
12 3 (0.073%) AirWatch
12 3 (0.073%) Control-M
12 3 (0.073%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.073%) Puppet
13 2 (0.048%) Backup Exec
13 2 (0.048%) Nessus
Vendors
1 898 (21.71%) Microsoft
2 184 (4.45%) Oracle
3 176 (4.26%) Databricks
4 138 (3.34%) SAP
5 97 (2.35%) iManage
6 82 (1.98%) VMware
7 75 (1.81%) Citrix
8 68 (1.64%) Informatica
9 61 (1.47%) Google
10 55 (1.33%) Alteryx
11 53 (1.28%) Cisco
12 50 (1.21%) Cloudera
12 50 (1.21%) CyberArk
12 50 (1.21%) IBM
13 43 (1.04%) ServiceNow
14 41 (0.99%) Intapp
15 35 (0.85%) HP
16 33 (0.80%) Dell
17 31 (0.75%) Aderant
17 31 (0.75%) Salesforce